Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings

Artist

Jim Marshall, 3 Feb 1936 - 24 Mar 2010

Sitter

Johnny Cash, 26 Feb 1932 - 12 Sep 2003

Waylon Jennings, 15 Jun 1937 - 13 Feb 2002

Exhibition Label

Son of an Arkansas sharecropper, country music legend Johnny Cash (right)-the "Man in Black"-sold more than fifty million records and recorded more than 1,500 songs, including such hits as "Ring of Fire" and "I Walk the Line." In this 1974 photograph by Jim Marshall, Cash stands alongside his friend, collaborator, and one-time roommate Waylon Jennings, who himself enjoyed wide renown as a country music star with such albums as Honky Tonk Heroes. While both men contributed greatly to country music's rise to international importance beginning in the 1950s, it was Cash-the winner of eleven Grammys and the host of his own television show-who became the much-beloved face of this musical tradition. Although he sang "I shot a man in Reno/Just to watch him die," he began his concerts with the friendly greeting, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash."

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1974

Object number

NPG.2004.155

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© Jim Marshall

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 20.5 x 31.4cm (8 1/16 x 12 3/8")

Sheet: 20.5 x 31.4cm (8 1/16 x 12 3/8")

Mount: 28.2 x 40.8cm (11 1/8 x 16 1/16")

Mat: 40.6 x 55.9cm (16 x 22")

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Costume\Headgear\Hat

Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen

Costume\Headgear\Hat\Cowboy hat

Architecture\Doorway

Home Furnishings\Drinking vessel\Cup

Johnny Cash: Male

Johnny Cash: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Songwriter

Johnny Cash: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer

Johnny Cash: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Guitarist

Waylon Jennings: Male

Waylon Jennings: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Songwriter

Waylon Jennings: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer

Portrait

Record ID

npg_NPG.2004.155

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm46915b9f4-d12f-4077-b6bf-08ba77ef3196